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How To Become More Confident Delivering Great Ideas Under Pressure
Creativity takes far more courage than most people realize. After decades working as a creative professional, I’m convinced that the…
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Announcing My New Book: “Ideas on a Deadline: How to Be Creative When the Clock is Ticking”
My entire creative life has been lived under deadlines. I learned a long time ago that networks won’t delay the…
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Creative People And Side Gigs
For those of you reaching for the creative stars – who want to direct a feature film, write the great…
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How You Tell The Story Is Just As Important As The Story You Tell
If writing seems hard, it’s because it is hard. It’s one of the hardest things people do. – William Zinsser This…
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Dealing With Tough Clients While Building Your Brand
I receive a lot of questions from freelancers or other creative people launching agencies, production companies, and other businesses. One…
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How I Capture Ideas, And Why You Need to Start
Today, we live in a creative economy, and the best ideas are king. Even businesses like banks, manufacturing, and service industries…
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Leaders: Be Careful Using Statistics in Your Presentations or Social Media
Today’s post is a guest piece from media researcher Ron Sellers, from Grey Matter Research. In his presentation “Insert Brian Williams…
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Why You Should Be Telling Better Stories
As I share in my book “Unique: Telling Your Story in the Age of Brands and Social Media,” a significant…
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People Are Making Decisions Faster Than Ever
As a speaker and writer, I’m becoming more and more fascinated with the concept of “perception.” After all, in today’s…
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Filmmakers and Creatives: Making Judgements is Your Job, Not Your Life
I started my career as a multi-camera television director. I directed national, prime time TV variety specials, concert events, sports,…
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